Popularity, I have always thought, may aptly be compared to a coquette - the more you woo her, the more apt is she to elude your embrace.

In 1840 I was called from my farm to undertake the administration of public affairs and I foresaw that I was called to a bed of thorns. I now leave that bed which has afforded me little rest, and eagerly seek repose in the quiet enjoyments of rural life.

The institutions under which we live, my countrymen, secure each person in the perfect enjoyment of all his rights.

I can never consent to being dictated to.

Here lies the body of my good horse, The General. For years he bore me around the circuit of my practice and all that time he never made a blunder. Would that his master could say the same.

I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free.

It was hard graft all the way and a good result in the end.